The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to The Art of Logic: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. To which is Added, a Discourse on the Education of Children and YouthEdwards and Knibb, 1821 - 424 σελίδες |
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... A boy of a strong memory may repeat a whole book of Euclid , yet be no geometrician ; for he may not be able perhaps to demonstrate one single theorem . Memorino has learnt half the Bible by heart , and is become a 6 GENERAL RULES.
... A boy of a strong memory may repeat a whole book of Euclid , yet be no geometrician ; for he may not be able perhaps to demonstrate one single theorem . Memorino has learnt half the Bible by heart , and is become a 6 GENERAL RULES.
Σελίδα 7
... heart , and is become a living con- cordance , and a speaking index to theological folios , and yet he understands little of divinity . A well - furnished library , and a capacious memory , are indeed of singular use toward the ...
... heart , and is become a living con- cordance , and a speaking index to theological folios , and yet he understands little of divinity . A well - furnished library , and a capacious memory , are indeed of singular use toward the ...
Σελίδα 12
... heart much upon matters of very small importance ; who has his will determined every day by trifles , his actions seldom directed by the reason and nature of things , and his passions frequently raised by things of little moment . Where ...
... heart much upon matters of very small importance ; who has his will determined every day by trifles , his actions seldom directed by the reason and nature of things , and his passions frequently raised by things of little moment . Where ...
Σελίδα 13
... heart and soul and reason of a man . Sensuality ruins the better faculties of the mind ; an indulgence to appetite and passion enfeebles the powers of reason ; it makes the judgment weak and susceptive of every falsehood , and ...
... heart and soul and reason of a man . Sensuality ruins the better faculties of the mind ; an indulgence to appetite and passion enfeebles the powers of reason ; it makes the judgment weak and susceptive of every falsehood , and ...
Σελίδα 14
... heart is a fool , " Prov . xxviii . 26 . And the same divine writer advises us to " trust in the Lord with all our heart , and not to lean to our under- standings , nor to be wise in our own eyes , " chap . iii . 5. 7 . Those who , with ...
... heart is a fool , " Prov . xxviii . 26 . And the same divine writer advises us to " trust in the Lord with all our heart , and not to lean to our under- standings , nor to be wise in our own eyes , " chap . iii . 5. 7 . Those who , with ...
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Σελίδα 128 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Σελίδα 68 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Σελίδα 376 - Hail, wedded love ! mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range ; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Σελίδα 401 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Σελίδα 379 - Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Σελίδα 388 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Σελίδα 392 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Σελίδα 76 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Σελίδα 408 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that, is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Σελίδα 17 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.